28 …..Jesus went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29 And it came to pass, when He drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mountain called Olivet, that He sent two of His disciples, 30 saying, “Go into the village opposite you, where as you enter you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here. 31 And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say to him, ‘Because the Lord has need of it.’”

32 So those who were sent went their way and found it just as He had said to them. 33 But as they were untying the colt, the owners of it said to them, “Why are you loosening the colt?”

34 And they said, “The Lord has need of him.” 35 Then they brought him to Jesus. And they threw their own clothes on the colt, and they set Jesus on him. 36 And as He went, many spread their clothes on the road.

Luke 19:28 to 19:36

So these verses say that two of Jesus’ disciples took a colt that no one had ever sat on. Then they threw their clothes on the colt as a saddle for Jesus. As he rode the colt, many other disciples spread their clothes on the road in front of him.

Now if you take the bible literally, these verses will seem quite perplexing. you might conclude that they had great parties back then — and they even forgot to mention the wine they must have been drinking. At least you can never read these verses as being lessons in morals.

But if you have the ears to hear and the eyes to see, I think you can find a deeper, more profound interpretation for these verses:

The colt is your untarnished beingThe colt that no one ever sat on is a symbol of your untarnished self-nature. This means that you see limitations — you are not the one caught in them. But looking right past your identity as the light that shines on limitation, you take yourself to be an object that you see — a limited person with a mind and a body. And as a mind and body you appear to be caught by old age, disease and death. ___________________________________________________________________________________

Making Your Wisdom Come Alive is a guide to waking up to your innate freedom. This book points to the wisdom and joy that you find at your center. Here you can find the light that makes life shine in its full glory. See our fully revised second edition.

Returning your identity to the light of consciousness, you become what you really are anyway, unborn and undying Consciousness. This is the still place that is like space. It is in and through all that changes; but in itself it is free from change.

Taking off your clothes is shedding your limitationsNow I think you can guess what taking off your clothes and putting them on the colt means. It means throwing off the limitations that were never really yours and returning to your real home. You can throw off the frameworks in your mind that seem to limit you and cause suffering. You can also throw off your identification with the body and its limitations. That’s when you wake up to that which was never ridden before.

Just remember that when you notice limitation and suffering you are on the verge of finding your freedom. That’s because you are shifting out of a home that is too small for you and becoming the all-seeing eye of God. In spiritual practice seeing is freeing.

Easter means to die so you will never die againPalm Sunday sets you up for next week when we celebrate Easter. That’s when you get to die to the last hook that keeps you bound in limitation. That hook is the sense of a limited “I” that you assume is your identity. This is sometimes called the death of the ego or I thought.

When dying in this way, it feels as if things are out of your control but in perfect harmony. When you die to the limited sense of “I” you will find the meaning of eternal life. It’s not that you create a new and better state. Rather, when you stip away your assumed limitations and become naked, you find that which you always were, always are, and always shall be: You are unlimited and undying peace.

Here questions about this article or other things going on in your life are always welcome; you can write us at michael@ananya.com. I love questions and try to answer them all in this blog. That’s because when you start to question limitation, you are on the verge of destroying it. When you can ask, you are well on your way to freeing yourself from the limitations that seem to cause your suffering. Of course, to preserve confidentiality your name will be left off.

28 …..Jesus went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29 And it came to pass, when He drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mountain called Olivet, that He sent two of His disciples, 30 saying, “Go into the village opposite you, where as you enter you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here. 31 And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say to him, ‘Because the Lord has need of it.’”

32 So those who were sent went their way and found it just as He had said to them. 33 But as they were untying the colt, the owners of it said to them, “Why are you loosening the colt?”

34 And they said, “The Lord has need of him.” 35 Then they brought him to Jesus. And they threw their own clothes on the colt, and they set Jesus on him. 36 And as He went, many spread their clothes on the road.

Luke 19:28 to 19:36

So these verses say that two of Jesus’ disciples took a colt that no one had ever sat on. Then they threw their clothes on the colt as a saddle for Jesus. As he rode the colt, many other disciples spread their clothes on the road in front of him.

Now if you take the bible literally, these verses will seem quite perplexing. you might conclude that they had great parties back then — and they even forgot to mention the wine they must have been drinking. At least you can never read these verses as being lessons in morals.

But if you have the ears to hear and the eyes to see, I think you can find a deeper, more profound interpretation for these verses:

The colt is your untarnished beingThe colt that no one ever sat on is a symbol of your untarnished self-nature. This means that you see limitations — you are not the one caught in them. But looking right past your identity as the light that shines on limitation, you take yourself to be an object that you see — a limited person with a mind and a body. And as a mind and body you appear to be caught by old age, disease and death. ___________________________________________________________________________________

Making Your Wisdom Come Alive is a guide to waking up to your innate freedom. This book points to the wisdom and joy that you find at your center. Here you can find the light that makes life shine in its full glory. See our fully revised second edition.

Returning your identity to the light of consciousness, you become what you really are anyway, unborn and undying Consciousness. This is the still place that is like space. It is in and through all that changes; but in itself it is free from change.

Taking off your clothes is shedding your limitationsNow I think you can guess what taking off your clothes and putting them on the colt means. It means throwing off the limitations that were never really yours and returning to your real home. You can throw off the frameworks in your mind that seem to limit you and cause suffering. You can also throw off your identification with the body and its limitations. That’s when you wake up to that which was never ridden before.

Just remember that when you notice limitation and suffering you are on the verge of finding your freedom. That’s because you are shifting out of a home that is too small for you and becoming the all-seeing eye of God. In spiritual practice seeing is freeing.

Easter means to die so you will never die againPalm Sunday sets you up for next week when we celebrate Easter. That’s when you get to die to the last hook that keeps you bound in limitation. That hook is the sense of a limited “I” that you assume is your identity. This is sometimes called the death of the ego or I thought.

When dying in this way, it feels as if things are out of your control but in perfect harmony. When you die to the limited sense of “I” you will find the meaning of eternal life. It’s not that you create a new and better state. Rather, when you stip away your assumed limitations and become naked, you find that which you always were, always are, and always shall be: You are unlimited and undying peace.

Here questions about this article or other things going on in your life are always welcome; you can write us at michael@ananya.com. I love questions and try to answer them all in this blog. That’s because when you start to question limitation, you are on the verge of destroying it. When you can ask, you are well on your way to freeing yourself from the limitations that seem to cause your suffering. Of course, to preserve confidentiality your name will be left off.